Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC -- the only Indian football sides who enjoyed quite an impressive run in the AFC Cup last year, are back at it again. Can the I-League defending champions BFC, who made history by becoming the finalists in the Asian competition last year, lift the title this time around?

This time around, both the Indian football sides are drawn alongside each other in the AFC Cup 2017 group stages and it will be interesting to note whether Mohun Bagan or Bengaluru FC progresses to the next round.

Unfortunately, only one team can progress from the group, making things very tough.

Mohun Bagan and BFC are grouped in the South Asia Zone (Group E) in the competition, alongside Maldives side Maziya and Bangladesh side Dhaka Abahani. Following the round-robin home and away matches, the winners as well as the best runners-up from only the West Asia Zone and the ASEAN Zone will advance to the Zonal semi-finals.